Jacob G. (J.G.) Berghofer family taken in 1902. J.G. Berghofer is holding the violin, he was a band leader and music teacher. Daughter Ivy Berghofer (1893-) is seated at the piano. Daughter Myrtle H. Berghofer Jacobi (1889-) standing, played piano...

Oliver H. Berghofer (1892-1916) played the cornet in Quincy, IL from 1909-1912 at the Newcomb Hotel, O' Farrell Orchestra and 5th Regiment Band. Oliver was a member of Local 265. Oliver Berghofer went to Chicago in 1913 to play with the Bohumie...

Palmyra Missouri Progress Band photo taken 1901. Band was first organized as Zion Lutheran Church Band and later became a community band directed by Jacob G. Berghofer (1863-1932). Front row: John Schneider, drum; Henry Baker, tuba; W.J. Stephens;...

Bohumie Kryl Concert Band photograph from 1913 touring season. Kryl was a famous cornetist, and is the man with the huge head of hair to the left of man not in uniform. Oliver H. Berghofer (1892-1916) is to the right of the man not in uniform....

Top: Program for the Fifth Infantry Regiment Band Camp Point Chautauqua August 21-2, 1912 held in Camp Point, Illinois. Bottom: Horn section of the Fifth Infantry Regiment Band taken at Camp Benjamin Harrsion, Indiana in the summer of 1911....

Fred W. Miller (1870-1956) played the clarinet and flute primarily. Fred W. Miller was barber by trade, he wrote songs and musical compositions along with playing in various theatres and bands. Fred W. Miller played with the Palmyra Progress Band,...